Efficacy, prey stage preference and optimum predator–prey ratio of the predatory mite, Neoseiulus longispinosus Evans (Acari: Phytoseiidae) to control the red spider mite, Oligonychus coffeae Nietner (Acari: Tetranychidae) infesting tea

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